(a) Each motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer and pole trailer shall be equipped with two or more stop lamps meeting the requirements of subsection (a) of section 14-96r, except that passenger motor vehicles manufactured or assembled prior to October 1, 1957, and motorcycles shall be equipped with at least one stop lamp. On a combination of vehicles, only the stop lamps on the rearmost vehicle need actually be seen from the distance specified.
(b) Each motor vehicle in use on a highway shall be equipped with, and required signals shall be given by, a turn signal lamp or lamps complying with the requirements of the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 49, Section 571.108, as amended.
(c) Failure to equip vehicles with stop lamps or a turn signal lamp or lamps or turn signal devices as required by this section shall be an infraction.
(1967, P.A. 834, S. 6; P.A. 75-577, S. 31, 126; P.A. 84-429, S. 34; P.A. 99-268, S. 3; P.A. 00-169, S. 22.)
History: P.A. 75-577 added Subsec. (c); P.A. 84-429 deleted obsolete date provision, rephrased provisions and made other technical changes; P.A. 99-268 amended Subsec. (b) to replace specific requirements requiring signal lamps or turn signal devices with a provision requiring signal lamps to comply with the requirements of the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 49, Section 571.108, as amended; P.A. 00-169 revised effective date of P.A. 99-268 but without affecting this section.
See Sec. 14-96r(b) re color of turn signal lamps.
Cited. 30 CA 263.